Looking back on the whole thing, it seems to me Gus made two major questionable errors in judgment that led to his downfall, the first being to bring Walter in to begin with. From that flashback with Gale the show makes it seem that Gus was rightly hesitant to exclude Walter, and his DEA connections have got to be a…

For what it's worth, that's a matter of perspective. The week 3 viewership was at 2.2 million, compared with 1.7 million in week 2 and 2.1 million in week 1. So week 2 may have been a fluke, though that was the week of the BET Awards which ended up winning the night on cable.

For what it's worth, that's a matter of perspective. The week 3 viewership was at 2.2 million, compared with 1.7 million in week 2 and 2.1 million in week 1. So week 2 may have been a fluke, though that was the week of the BET Awards which ended up winning the night on cable.

That's what I mean. He gave him a chance to avenge his family … to a point. To get full revenge Tio would have needed to take out Walter too. I agree though that it's not too hard to imagine Tio's desire for revenge against Gus was the overriding factor. And for all we know Walter told him Gus manipulated him into…

Like Jesse finding the potted plant in Walter's backyard because Walter has one of his boneheaded judgment lapses and forgets to dispose of it?

The Ted story is a huge loose end. If he's dead or hospitalized, a police investigation is bound to potentially ensnare Skyler, and thus Saul and Walter.

Thinking about it a little more, it seems a stretch to think that Walter, whom Tio hates, could convince him to blow himself up to take out a worse dude, knowing the end result is Walter wins and is still alive. Kind of an imperfect revenge, if you ask me. Did Tio just stop caring about what Walter did to his family…

I had been wondering why Walter's family seemed so untouchable to Gus, so his threatening them in the previous episode kind of confirmed to me that they weren't. But that threat reinforced a potential plot thread the show never used to have Gus employ a strategy I had been wondering about for most of the season.

Especially if she's the one who fires him. That makes her the one breaching the contract.

Especially if she's the one who fires him. That makes her the one breaching the contract.

TV news is one thing. I don't think people like being preached to. As much as Sorkin might like to think he is depoliticizing the subject, he's just completely missing the mark. I mean, this is a show that actually present praise from Media Matters as if that's a good thing.

TV news is one thing. I don't think people like being preached to. As much as Sorkin might like to think he is depoliticizing the subject, he's just completely missing the mark. I mean, this is a show that actually present praise from Media Matters as if that's a good thing.

The most unintentionally meta moment of the episode has got to be when the corporate lackey dude bemoans the lack of ratings because of relentless GOP bashing. No partisan overtones intended, but given the show's own ratings declines this is probably the best metaphor for The Newsroom yet put forth, and it took the…

The most unintentionally meta moment of the episode has got to be when the corporate lackey dude bemoans the lack of ratings because of relentless GOP bashing. No partisan overtones intended, but given the show's own ratings declines this is probably the best metaphor for The Newsroom yet put forth, and it took the…

I think my biggest problem with the show is that it stands up and screams that it has earned credibility, and yet it's such a transparently "written" show. Sorkin wants to analyze the issues with which he believes the mainstream media has dropped the ball, but as is clearly on display in this episode, he gets to…

I think my biggest problem with the show is that it stands up and screams that it has earned credibility, and yet it's such a transparently "written" show. Sorkin wants to analyze the issues with which he believes the mainstream media has dropped the ball, but as is clearly on display in this episode, he gets to…

Can't they get by on animal blood in True Blood verse, like they can in the Buffyverse?

Can't they get by on animal blood in True Blood verse, like they can in the Buffyverse?

How do you classify Star Trek 3-4 when they blew up the ship to get a shinier exact same one?

How do you classify Star Trek 3-4 when they blew up the ship to get a shinier exact same one?